Lewis & Clark Law team wins national title in environmental moot court competition
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Three law students ace the challenging inter-school advocacy competition this year. The environmental law moot court team of 3L students Haley Nicholson, Kassie Kometani and Matt Campa, coached by Professor Craig Johnston, were named national champions of the 2022 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC). Haley…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law team wins national title in environmental moot court competitionLewis & Clark Law professor Samir Parikh finds solutions for victims of mass tort bankruptcies
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — For the last few years, Professor Samir Parikh has focused on issues at the intersection of mass torts and bankruptcy, writing about cases involving Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, Boy Scouts of America, and USA Gymnastics. “Mass tort bankruptcies present the most challenging legal issues in the country today. Unfortunately, there…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Samir Parikh finds solutions for victims of mass tort bankruptciesLewis & Clark Law student Andrew Swanson combats addiction problems in the legal profession
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — “Five years ago I picked up a needle for the last time,” Andrew Swanson, ’24, wrote in an email to his fellow Lewis & Clark Law students. “Today I sponsor men in recovery programs, I serve on the Other Bar Student Outreach Committee, and try to give back to the…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law student Andrew Swanson combats addiction problems in the legal professionUniversity of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and John Mark Newman appointed to the Biden administration
THE MIAMI HURRICANE — Two University of Miami School of Law professors have been appointed to serve the Biden administration. Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and Professor John Mark Newman will serve as leaders in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Newman will be working as the deputy director of the Bureau of…
Read More about University of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and John Mark Newman appointed to the Biden administrationUniversity of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic fights for food rights in West Virginia
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In December 2021, the city council of Morgantown, West Virginia unanimously agreed to adopt a municipal resolution that formally recognizes the human right to food. Miami Law’s Human Rights Clinic played a pivotal role in the drafting of the resolution. The adoption of this municipal resolution came just…
Read More about University of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic fights for food rights in West VirginiaUniversity of Miami Law student Asha Wedemeier-Allen discusses experiences
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — First-year law student Asha Wedemeier-Allen has accumulated more accolades than one can count. The Dean’s Merit Scholarship recipient is characteristically driven and forward-looking, facing the notoriously immense pressures of law school with impressive optimism and unwavering self-assurance. She graduated from the University of Miami last year with a Bachelor of…
Read More about University of Miami Law student Asha Wedemeier-Allen discusses experiencesUniversity of Miami Law announces scholarship to support Ukrainian law school graduates
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A new scholarship program in support of graduates of Ukrainian law schools has been announced by the University of Miami School of Law, offering one full-tuition scholarship for the academic year 2022-23 (current value $55,850) to attend one of the international LL.M. programs at Miami Law. “We all have to…
Read More about University of Miami Law announces scholarship to support Ukrainian law school graduatesUniversity of Minnesota Law Immigration and Human Rights Clinic help Guinean woman win asylum
MINNESOTA LAW — The Law School’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic recently helped a Guinean woman who faced persecution in her native country because of her religious beliefs, women’s rights advocacy, and public health work win asylum in the United States. The woman, a devout Christian, traveled to various regions within the Muslim-majority nation evangelizing. She was…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law Immigration and Human Rights Clinic help Guinean woman win asylumUniversity of Minnesota Law students provide legal support to Afghan refugees
MINNESOTA LAW — Several Minnesota Law students recently joined faculty and staff from the James H. Binger Center for New Americans to provide legal support to Afghan refugees on the Fort McCoy military base in Wisconsin. The team helped the refugees understand the complex and often challenging U.S. immigration system, prepare their asylum or special…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law students provide legal support to Afghan refugeesGift to University of Mississippi Law to establish endowment in honor of family legacy
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI NEWS — For Helene Thompson and those close to her, the University of Mississippi‘s School of Law has become something of a familial rite of passage. Thompson, a 1968 graduate of the school, has established the Thompson Family Law Endowment, with an initial gift of $100,000. She and her late husband, Luther Thompson, met…
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